15 Super Bowl party games for work
The best Super Bowl party games for work are prize-based and easy for non-fans: a prediction ballot, commercial bingo, a quick halftime quiz, a snack contest and a few office challenges. Here are 15, with bingo cards to print and a ballot to copy, for the office or a video call.
Super Bowl LXI is Sunday, February 14, 2027, so most offices hold the party on Friday, February 12. Play the office games that afternoon, hand out ballots and bingo cards to use during Sunday's game, and crown the winners on Monday. Everything here is played for prizes, never money, and half the games need no football knowledge at all.
15 Super Bowl party games for work
Grouped by what they need. Pick one from each group for a 45-minute Friday party; the prediction and commercial games carry on through the weekend.
Prediction games (for prizes)
Filled in Friday, scored Monday. They keep the whole team talking about one game for a long weekend.
1. Prediction ballot
Twelve calls about the game, from the coin toss to the final margin. One point each; most right wins a prize on Monday.
You need: The ballot below, printed or as a form. · works on video
2. Closest final score
Everyone posts one final score in the team channel before kickoff. Closest total points wins; the earliest post breaks a tie.
You need: A team channel or a sign-up sheet. · works on video
3. Halftime guesses
Guess the opening song of the halftime show, whether a surprise guest appears and how many outfit changes there are. One point each.
You need: A three-line form or the back of the ballot. · works on video
Commercial and halftime games
Plenty of people watch for the ads and the show. These games are theirs. Want a game where the whole team plays at once? A host runs a survey game show on video, with teams in breakout rooms.
4. Commercial bingo
Mark squares like “a talking animal” as the ads air. The first full row posted to the team channel with a photo of the card wins.
You need: A card from the generator below, printed or on a phone. · works on video
5. Ad category draft
Each team drafts five ad categories (cars, snacks, phones, movies, apps). A team scores a point every time one of its categories airs.
You need: A draft sheet and one honest tally keeper per team. · works on video
6. Pitch the big ad
Teams draw an ordinary office object and get five minutes to write and act out a 30-second big-game ad for it. Vote by applause.
You need: Office objects in a bag (a stapler, a sticky note pad, a desk plant). · works on video
7. Roman numeral round
Ten quick questions that turn Super Bowl numbers into plain numbers and back. Fair to non-fans and done in five minutes.
You need: The quiz below and a sheet of paper per team. · works on video
Office challenges for Friday
Quick, physical and loud, for the party in the break room. Tape a line on the floor and you're set. Rather have someone run three challenges with music and a scoreboard? See the hosted virtual office olympics.
8. Snack contest
Homemade game-day snacks, numbered rather than named, judged on taste and team spirit with sticky-note votes.
You need: Plates, number cards, sticky notes and an allergen label on every dish.
9. Team-color day
Wear the colors of the team you're backing, or of your favorite snack if you don't follow football. Take one group photo for the channel.
You need: Nothing to buy. A phone for the photo. · works on video
10. Box toss
Throw a soft foam ball into a cardboard box from three tape lines at 5, 10 and 15 feet, worth one, two and three points. Three throws each.
You need: A foam ball, a box and painter's tape.
11. Paper goal flick
Fold a paper triangle and flick it across a table between a teammate's thumbs-and-fingers goalposts. Three tries each, a point per goal.
You need: Paper and a long table.
12. Two-minute drill
Teams get two minutes for five tasks: stack a ten-cup pyramid, list five animal mascots, spell “touchdown” backwards, find something in the team color, huddle for a photo.
You need: Ten cups per team, paper and a timer.
Games for everyone, fans or not
Built so the people who never watch football score as many points as the ones who never miss a game. With most of the team remote, a host-run big-game party on video keeps everyone playing.
13. Explain it plainly
A fan gets 30 seconds to explain a football term (a safety, a two-point try, a punt) with no jargon. Non-fans vote on whether it made sense.
You need: A list of terms and a timer. · works on video
14. Mascot draw-off
Each team has 90 seconds to draw a mascot for its own department, then holds it up to the camera. The room picks a winner.
You need: Paper and markers, or a shared whiteboard on video. · works on video
15. Dream halftime lineup
Each team picks three acts, from any era, for its dream halftime show and pitches the lineup in one minute. Vote with a poll.
You need: A timer and a poll. · works on video
